Новости за 05.03.2018

A man accused of stealing Frances McDormand’s best actress Oscar from an official after-party has been arrested, Los Angeles police said on Monday. Terry Bryant, 47, was taken into custody on a grand theft charge and was being held on $20,000 bond, police spokeswoman Norma Eisenman said. Bryant was arrested on Sunday night after McDormand’s […]

The head of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) Costakis Koutsokoumnis died on Monday at the age of 61. Koutsokoumnis, who had been battling cancer for several months, died on Monday afternoon, the CFA said in a written statement. Despite his illness, the CFA said, which he faced “with courage and dignity”, he was always informed […]

The violin, clarinet and piano will be in the hands of masters at Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre in Paphos on Sunday in a concert for three at 6pm. George Georgiou on the clarinet, Lyusi Hovhannesyan on the violin, and Guy Creen on piano will perform pieces by Darius Milhaud, Aram Khatchaturian and Camille Saint-Saens. Music […]

  By Crispian Balmer and Steve Scherer Two anti-establishment leaders made early plays to govern Italy on Monday, triggering concern in the euro zone following an inconclusive election where voters shunted mainstream parties to the sidelines. With the euro zone’s third-largest economy seemingly facing prolonged political instability, the anti-immigrant League claimed the right to rule […]

Former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi resigned on Monday as leader of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) after a bruising defeat in a national election. The PD took just under 20 percent of the vote in Sunday’s ballot, its worst result since its creation in 2007, despite presiding over a modest recovery in the euro […]

  The British contingent of the United Nations peacekeepers in Cyprus is being forced to move from uninhabitable living quarters at the Ledra Palace Hotel in Nicosia’s Green Line after taking up residence there following the Turkish invasion in 1974, and are unlikely to return, the Cyprus Mail has learned. However, the UN plans to […]

A leading criminologist has called for an urgent overview of the state coroner service after the announcement on Monday that a fifth post-mortem will be carried out on the body of the 46-year-old Bulgarian woman, who died after being found in a field in Yeroskipou on February 22. Andreas Kapardis, who is also a former […]

A 38-year-old man from Larnaca was remanded on Monday for three days after allegedly threatening an 83-year-old man he would kill his son unless he settled his son’s debt and even though he had already paid €29,000. The man was arrested after the 83-year-old reported him for allegedly threatening him several times that unless he […]

A 36-year-old man from Latvia suspected of conspiring in the murder last month of Ernesto Leonides, 47, who was shot dead in broad daylight at a Limassol tavern, was referred on Monday for trial at the criminal court. The trial is set to begin on May 10. The 36-year-old was arrested a few days after the […]

Former deputy police chief Andreas Kyriacou’s prosecution is politically motivated or carried out on “other orders”, his defence told Supreme Court on Monday. Kyriacou faces three charges for his alleged involvement in the unauthorised leaking of confidential information, including a tip from Serbian Interpol of a foiled assassination attempt, and the likely leaker of a […]

Only a fraction of the €118m raised from the sale of Cyta Hellas to Vodafone will end up in the coffers of the parent company, the state-run telecoms corporation said on Monday. Speaking in parliament, Cyta chairwoman Rena Rouvitha said that of the €118m, €18.5m would go toward paying off current outstanding liabilities of the […]

Turkish Cypriots are to take part in the international travel fair in Berlin (ITB) from March 7-11 to try and boost numbers from Germany, media in the north reported on Monday. According to the reports, the ‘TRNC’ will be represented  by the ‘ministry of tourism and environment’ with 130 square metres of space. The ‘minister of […]

After a week in which two 3-0 defeats by Manchester City highlighted the gulf between Arsenal and the Premier League champions-elect, Sunday’s loss at Brighton suggested even the Gunners’ membership of the “Big Six” is in question. The focus is again on the future of French manager Arsene Wenger, but whether he sees out the remaining year […]

Iran has arrested activists and political opponents in a clampdown on freedom of expression as use of torture continues despite promises of reform, a United Nations report said on Monday. The report was compiled by Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani lawyer serving as UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran who died suddenly last month. Her report to […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday hosted a reception for the island’s diplomatic corps following his re-election for a second term last month. Speaking on the sidelines of the event he repeated his willingness to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and also called for calm in the wake of Turkey’s efforts to scupper drilling plans […]

The head of the north’s Immovable Property Commission (IPC), Ayfer Erkmen, has called on the ‘government’ to introduce a type of capital gains tax to help pay off mounting compensation claims submitted by Greek Cypriot property owners, Turkish Cypriot press reported on Monday. Under the proposal, people who acquired Greek Cypriot property after the 1974 […]

MORE than two hundred people from around the island turned out to support a demonstration held at the protected sea caves area in Peyia on Sunday morning. Organised by the Green party, the demonstration opposed building development near the sea caves, (which has been granted permits), and other protected areas. It is the second to […]

  Cyrus will continue to face Turkish provocations with calm, prudence and determination and without being disoriented by the goal of solving the Cyprus problem, Foreign Affairs Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Monday. The minister is in Athens on an official visit at the invitation of his Greek counterpart Nicos Kotzias for meetings with Greek […]

A fifth post-mortem will be carried out on the body of the 46-year-old Bulgarian woman, who died shortly after being found in a field in Yeroskipou on February 22, Attorney-General Costas Clerides said on Monday. Speaking to the state broadcaster Cybc, he said a pathologist would be flying in from Greece to carry out the […]

Italian public prosecutors are to open proceedings to determine whether the sudden death on Sunday of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori could be considered as manslaughter. The 31-year-old, who made 289 Serie A appearances and played 14 times for Italy, died suddenly at the team hotel in Udine ahead of a match at Udinese. The game […]

After its run at the Leventis Gallery in Nicosia, the play Quills will take the Limassol audience into the world of the Marquis de Sade on Wednesday. The Marquis is the most notorious inmate of Charenton Asylum, notorious for his pornographic writings which are ruining his life. So, he is told he is not allowed […]

US President Donald Trump on Monday appeared to suggest that Canada and Mexico could win exemptions to his planned sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminium if the two countries sign a new Nafta trade deal and take other steps. He made the comments as the United States, Canada and Mexico were wrapping up their latest round […]

Police on Monday said they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 38-year-old man who drowned after his car fell into the Tamassos water reservoir on Sunday. A search and rescue operation was launched on Sunday to locate the 38-year-old, whose vehicle – a double cabin truck – had fallen into the reservoir […]

Two anti-establishment leaders made early plays to govern Italy on Monday, sending ripples across the euro zone after voters relegated mainstream parties to the sidelines in delivering a hung parliament. With the bloc’s third-largest economy seemingly facing prolonged political instability, the anti-immigrant League claimed the right to rule after its centre-right alliance won the largest bloc of […]

The Paphos district court on Monday remanded the parents of the three-month old baby boy who died on February 22 from head injuries for another six days as the circumstances of his death is still unclear. The couple, both 29, were arrested on February 26 in connection with the case and remanded for six days […]